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Weightlifting - China wins triple gold
China's Chen Xiexia swept all three gold medals easily on the opening day of the world weightlifting championships. |
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Beijing shows new airport
Beijing showed its new airport terminal Wednesday, a mammoth glass and steel structure with a gracefully sloping roof to impress visitors to China's capital for the 2008 Olympics. |
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Paralympics torch relay route unveiled
The planned route for the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Torch Relay was unveiled at the Millennium Monument during celebrations for the one-year countdown to the Paralympics. |
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Yao Ming helps China take big win
NBA all-star center Yao Ming inspired China's basketball team to a comfortable 69-56 win over visiting Melbourne Tigers on Monday. |
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Yao Ming recovers from shoulder injury
China's NBA center Yao Ming is back in training following a shoulder injury. He will play a series of friendly games with national team in September.Their first will be against Australia. |
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Liu Xiang wins 110-meter hurdles title
Liu Xiang captures men's 110-meter hurdles title at Osaka athletics worlds on Friday night. This is China's first ever gold medal in men's events at the IAAF World Championship. |
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Yi Jianlian signs Milwaukee Bucks
Yi Jianlian is finally going to play for the Milwaukee Bucks. The Chinese star who was picked sixth overall in the NBA draft in June, signed a standard rookie scale contract with the Bucks in Hong Kong. |
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Beijingers split over air quality exercise
The four-day Beijing air quality exercise held earlier in the month was met with mixed reaction. Diverse opinions were expressed by private car owners and public transport users. |
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